Futuna-Aniwa Talking Dictionary

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ajiga

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

Atatoma

[atatoma] n.

Speaker: Nigasau Misikofo

eiro

n

Speaker: Paul Navaika

ekega

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017

[ekeŋa]

Example: Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017

Speaker: Anselon Seru

fa

num

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

fakainina

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

farere

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

faresor

Speaker: Paul Navaika

fatukuru

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

Feava

[fejava] n

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

feniepuku

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

feria

v

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

fesaoga

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

fiai

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

filama

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

firia

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

firoa

Lethrinus semicinctus http://fishbase.org/summary/Lethrinus-semicinctus.html

[ɸiroa] n.

Example: Photo by Barry Hutchins / Western Australian Museum, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Lethrinus semicinctus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

firoa

Lethrnius xanthochilus http://fishbase.org/summary/Lethrnius-xanthochilus.html

[ɸiroa] n.

Example: Photo by Jean-Lou Justine / Wikimedia Commons, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Lethrnius xanthochilus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

fofau

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

fofo

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

foimata uri

n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

fono

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

fugona

n

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

fuhi

v

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

Futuna

n

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

gahgaji

n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

gaja mata

n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

gamotu

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

gasau

[ŋasau]

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

gasaujiri

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

gatara kosi

Epinephelus spilotoceps http://fishbase.org/summary/Epinephelus-spilotoceps.html

[ŋatara kosi] n.

Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Epinephelus spilotoceps via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

hagka

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

hamakala

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

hgoro saki

[hŋoro saki]

Speaker: Anselon Seru

hma

n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

htau

v

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

ikaramanga

[ikaramanga]

Speaker: Anselon Seru

Ipariki

n

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

jijifi

Zebrasoma velifer http://fishbase.org/summary/Zebrasoma-velifer.html

[ʃiʃiɸi] n.

Example: Photo by Mark Rosenstein / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Zebrasoma velifer via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

jinai

[ʃinai] n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

jinana

n

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

kapekanu

Lutjanus kasmira http://fishbase.org/summary/Lutjanus-kasmira.html

[kapekanu] n.

Example: Photo by Lyle Vail / Lizard Island Research Station, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Lutjanus kasmira via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

katea

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

kave

n

Speaker: Paul Navaika

keripoga

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

kimo

n

Speaker: Paul Navaika

kopunaua karoa

n

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

koumotua

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

koupa

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017

[koupa]

Example: Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017

Speaker: Anselon Seru

kovkavatua

Macropiper latifolium

[koʋkaʋatua] n.

Scientific name: Macropiper latifolium, Speaker: Takaroga Kuautonga

kumarae

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

kuntea

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

kurikau

n

Speaker: Paul Navaika

kutu

n

Speaker: Paul Navaika

ma ture ture

[ma ture ture]

Speaker: Anselon Seru

magarafu

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

mahmaji

Naso unicornis http://fishbase.org/summary/Naso-unicornis.html

[mahmaʃi] n.

Example: Photo by Ross D. Robertson / Shorefishes of the Neotropics, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Naso unicornis via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

maisu vaka

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

mama

n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

marari sega

Caranx papuensis http://fishbase.org/summary/Caranx-papuensis.html

[marariseŋa] n.

Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Caranx papuensis via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

Mari

n

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

matataro

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

matjira

n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

matua

[matua] n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

melomelo

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

moiau

Scarus frenatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Scarus-frenatus.html

[mwejau] n.

Example: Photo by Mark Shepherd / Lizard Island Research Station, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Scarus frenatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

muma

n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

muri vaka

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017

[muri ʋaka]

Example: Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017

Speaker: Anselon Seru

mutu fine

Kyphosus vaigiensis http://fishbase.org/summary/Kyphosus-vaigiensis.html

[mutu finei] n.

Example: Photo by Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Kyphosus vaigiensis via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

napari

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

napugi

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

nareci

This plant is used to make a head decoration for kastom ceremony. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

n.

Example: This plant is used to make a head decoration for kastom ceremony. (authorities: Naumeta Rose (male, 32), Paul Fatapa (male, 74))

Scientific name: Lygodium reticulatum

nifou ura

Birds eat fruits and the hunters know this, so they hunt nearby.

[niɸou ura] n.

Example: Birds eat fruits and the hunters know this, so they hunt nearby.

Scientific name: liana dicot, Speaker: Takaroga Kuautonga

numkumo

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

oritoga

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

Paletamoko

n

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

papura

v

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

parafara

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

paru kaiau

Etelis coruscans http://fishbase.org/summary/Etelis-coruscans.html

[baru kajau] n. Longtel Red Poulet

Example: Photo by MCZ / Harvard University, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Etelis coruscans via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

paru kopau kanu

Paracaesio xanthura http://fishbase.org/summary/Paracaesio-xanthura.html

[baru kopau kanu] n. Yello Tel Brim

Example: Photo by Richard Ling, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Paracaesio xanthura via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

Pentoro

n

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

poja rima louiariri

[poʃo rima lowiariri] n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

safe

n

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

sia

Lutjanus gibbus http://fishbase.org/summary/Lutjanus-gibbus.html

[sija] n.

Example: Photo by Jeffrey T. Williams / Smithsonian Institution, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Lutjanus gibbus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

sia

Priacanthus blochii http://fishbase.org/summary/Priacanthus-blochii.html

[sija] n.

Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Priacanthus blochii via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

somfoyaka

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017

[somfoyaga]

Example: Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017

Speaker: Anselon Seru

supe

[supwe] n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

Takoraragi

n

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

tata

n

Speaker: Iarawoi Rezel Samana

toga

n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

toutou

Aerodramus vanikorensis

[toutou]

Example: Photo by Lip Kee Yap, License: CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Aerodramus vanikorensis, Speaker: Anselon Seru

tuamata

n

Speaker: Dougherty 1983

tuna

v

Speaker: Donald Tamalua Wotu

turi vae

n

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

tuta

[tuta]

Speaker: Anselon Seru

uoukago

Acanthocybium solandri http://fishbase.org/summary/Acanthocybium-solandri.html

[wakaŋou] n. Wahoo

Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Acanthocybium solandri via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

uru vaka

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017

[uru ʋaka]

Example: Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017

Speaker: Anselon Seru

varoki

[ʋaroki]

Speaker: Nigel Nesua

vetei

Mulloidichthys flavolineatus http://fishbase.org/summary/Mulloidichthys-flavolineatus.html

[ʋetei] n.

Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Mulloidichthys flavolineatus via FishBase, Speaker: Anselon Seru

vitoka

Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017

[ʋitoka]

Example: Photo by K. David Harrison, Dec. 2017

Speaker: Ausdin Jackson

About the Dictionary

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All content copyright © Futuna Aniwa community (2016).
Talking Dictionary produced by K. David Harrison and Jeremy Fahringer. Botanical consultants: Michael J. Balick, Gregory M. Plunkett, Tom A. Ranker and Sean Thackurdeen. (2016-2018)
Futuna Aniwa language contributors include Ausdin Jackson, Takaronga Kuautonga, Nigasau Misikofo, Paul Navaika, Nigel Nesua, Iarawoi Rezel Samana, Anselon Seru, Donald Tamalua Wotu, Yaugani Zeiake and others as credited within the dictionary entries.
The Futuna Aniwa-English Talking Dictionary was made possible by award no. 1555675 from National Science Foundation for "Collaborative Research: Plant, Fungal and Linguistic Diversity of Tafea Province, Vanuatu." This support is gratefully acknowledged.
Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
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